Show CORRES corresponded Tift liMer u election ilet excitement ll ri aj liton fremont co iowa lowa dec dee 2 1870 editor jews lyly isly myself self seif and elder wm F reynolds iet jet salt lake city nov 7 6 on 4 missions to the states we traveled in company with bishop Row berryand and the tho european missionaries sion aries to fremont nebraska forty seven miles milea west of omaha at which place we commenced our labois labots we were two days and a iia lia ham hau f from our beautiful city to this ph place 1 I and enjoyed ved our ride ves very imich eh we vve remained here four fa davs days and talked with the people at their thir fi il resides two of whom promised to start for utah as boon soon as they th had d fulfilled ful filed their engagements already heid head made wo we then came on to council over one day prest L little ali all being lu jho tho auntry country wo we did yo arrived at this his place N nov ov 15 schoolhouse school house aud and held a public 11 le meeting t the e following folio wing sunday N y and gave out dut appointments for week night mee unga this caused the priests to howl and although they had not occupied the house for church purposes for a long along time they gave at the close of one oue ot of our meetings mee tinga that thai they would hold hoid meeting there the next sunday morning the same gentleman bad had taken notes at our bur fo former meetings vive we nive attended and an d heard begird him try to fo prove atthe th dat da of r prophets anid arid miracles mir adies adles were past ikid roid at were no longer necess necessary ag alid and rt the people to beware of f false falbe prophets who wha would if ir possible be the verj elect when h hd d cios llos 1 d we 0 gave on an ao appointment for tor ille ilie e il at arat we thought W we would 1 I ofa ewt notice his remarks at all but fier consideration we decided tl tf it I 1 should reply to him wn 11 i evening came camo iio ilo the tho lie house bouse was full and I 1 spoke 0 o them for u upwards p ofin of an hour houi we hadtke had the best order 1 I 1 had bad seen in any otha of the meetings we had before closing I 1 gave out an nu appointment for a at week night meeting not vi wishing sh to give them another adother chance of getting before wl us on our way home a gentleman told ua ushe he had heard mr miller discuss with several ministers but said lie he eiho echo ho liamor has hns got the greatest whip ping tonight to nig night he ever got in n his life 1 I they whey nex mex got to al lackus which w at tho eloe cloo odd of a very orderly phe rhe meeting eting telling lies they can ean beat the sail gall imako 11 L 1 their conduct WAS most shameful 1 several of the religious societies hereabouts ale aie ara are od and in n i g giving 4 g aw tice 0 r a second qa quarter lyn lyu eating ih eother theother the other day the biln plin prin aronade amt art 54 nade it arad to read second ad quality qt meeting in the be midst bf uli all the opposition 01 11 we VEL lave lave had co 0 contend 1411 with the lord has been with ua and his spirit has hag rested id do down upon us while we have in our humble way yay sought to lay be fore the people those which alone can save and ax exalt hilt bilt man inana in a the tho th presence of god timera ia is much c ih excitement here herb about the lue late election and both p parties eos ets say aay 11 y they are ready to fight if it outon n this line if it cannot be settled to their satisfaction and it is thought by bj some some that neither of the candidates will ever take his bat seat HS us president of the united states state we have conversed with merchants in ministers lawyers and all classes of society so clety and all agree in saying there ia trouble at our very doors may god bless his servants v in tins this land and give lve ive them power to warn the people before the trouble comes very respectfully yours CLIFF wilo steamer abw storm at sea ete etc ov E editor r deseret newsy jews lews at 3 pm november bishop row Kow berry berny george atkin chas D E evans vatis varis wm stokes stoker george barber jno tracy richard steele thomas barrett john proctor jens jena jensen john 0 at dBent jensen bet set sail bali for england on the steamer wyoming of the guion gulon line this ship has 91 employed emp loyes her registered tonnage Is 14 tons and her engine horse power her consumption of coal meriday ay 1 is t 65 t tons P rate t of speed 14 11 er te knots s a an hour extent of passenger accommodation length of feet the company own eight vessels freight JF from froh america caa cotton from england varied 0 our u r starting point polut for england being new kew york I 1 will say a few words about that city its central park parkis is very fine and its museum contains sculpture from the finest artists the figure evincing the highest artistic design and workmanship is is generally conceded to td be that thai of the babes in the wood the city itself con contains taina even finer public buildings than I 1 expected to see and the post office build building iriM fild the finest in the city is a magnificent structure and e evidences Vi dences a style and workmanship that deserve the highest praise the pilot badeas bade ua fare farewell weli at 3 pm on wednesday the the sea became very rough and continued so until saturday night when the barometer stood at bus point the storm carrying away two 0 of f our sails this dreadfully tempe tempestuous sea tended greatly to Impe impede dejour our progress and to the health ot of all on board ioard account on of tho the impossibility pf af taking exercise captain jones jonea commander of the vessel says it is rarely that be he ever witnessed such a sea the captain is a fine seaman and has ihas received high testimonials from passengers for his pres presence enceL of mind in great danger he Ho prevented a coll collision is lo 10 n between betwee rL this and anoche another r vessel off the islands of f newfoundland a hort short time since which gave him a high character AS a sailor one of the finest sights I 1 ever beheld is that mat of the ocean in iq its majesty of terro terrors the stir surging ging waves dashing madly against the vessel fas though they had conspired lin battle battly array agai agal against hist fist its progress she meanwhile struggling straggling like a thing of life for very existence existences ances the labored breathing of the engine reminding ma domo gomo huge leviathan struggling straggling for life the tumult of contending elements element sj the impulse of whose breath beems seems seeing quickened by every mad stroke of the surging billows i the ship at one moment riding t triumphantly over ar huge waves and the next instant seemingly in the yawning abyss ben beneath esith impart to mah man a lesson of his hig myn own insignificance anee ance that bothin else I 1 can thit thip think of call eail can ean inspire the company arrived at liverpool in good health anthe on the morning of the the brethren on board unanimously tende bende tendered red a vote of thanks to tb bishop row How berry for the kind services ser vices vicea he had in behalf of the company during the entire journey we now turn our attention to 0 our u r respective fields of labor pray in lug ing t that at w we i inay may be successful in in aiming nning apuli to the icing kingdom dom of god d sueh such as shall be eternally saved i we ro found u bro id lady in good health and spirits f 0 our ur brothern brot brol hern tho the gospel caras J D E EVANS VANS if A k dream neli nell of k war E branchi Bran elu cli kioa good prospects ete lie HAYWOOD HAY WOOD tt dec editor deseret fews 1 I 1 left the state indiana on ori the of september last in answer to a call to preach in this locality and 1 in fulfillment of a desire to this country 1 ift lit previous to joining fling fiang the chirch church of J esus christi christ and while boarding at sister in the ward I 1 dreamed that that thal president B young requested me to go to rome ga gai gat and I 1 would in the vicinity of the town and find something thin that would confirm me in my belief of the tho gospel at breakfast next i in mor I 1 related edthe the dream dram more in ja a of joking and humor than ihan anything else eise 1 f but I 1 could see sister bister S H placed a different construction upon it on my ilay arrival in illinois I 1 received a letter ietter forwarded to me but written to brother george teasdale requesting some one to come here and preach A gentleman antle whose acquaint acquaintance an pe I 1 made while ln In indiana dlana diana gladly glaff ly advanced me the requisite amount of money to bring me here anil and V to T find my dream literally fukumi di after ten rems pews of time elapsing for if I 1 stood in need of any more convincing proof of the divine natura nature of this work I 1 have had it I 1 on my way to this point I 1 tra veiled through the states of kentucky tennessee part of alabama aid Ald baina balna and north georgia and almost on a line with thle the route loute travelled travelle ii by the ther armies during the late war the evidences of their work had not hot entirely disappeared i lines of fortifications old forts weed w e ed grown and dismantled long lines of white tombstones ranging rail razi ging aing through the national Cem etries at Loui loul louisville aville Nash nashville lille murfreesboro chattanooga and mission ridge forest trees that yet retain the evidence of cruel crupl war in broken limbs and shattered trunks towns that once vere wore filled with men and animals and led by tho finest mill tary baleja talent the century has haa produced now lie dead and lifeless with only lone chimneys that seem beem to stand sentinel over the thin de sp lation around them a people not apt recovered from the tue terrible scourge of war and looking forward W A rd with dread to the future surrounded Bur eur rounded by such sc scenes epes my mr mind reverted d to the prophecy of the great latter day prophet joseph smith sm it h who almost half a century ago predicted that a terrible war would come como co frid on anthe the nation dividing the north against the south terminating in the death and misery 0 of f m maby many apy souls and the southern S states t L te s should call upon great bri britain tal tai n for assistance that the sla sia slaves s should rise up against their masters and ba be marshalla and disciplined janec I 1 for war var and beara beora me I 1 had the evidence of the literal ul fill in n bof of the prophecy in the present apolitical tangle tangie taug tang ledo do we not see the shadow 0 ot the cloud that soon cover the tha land and is the tho situation any mard more cheering in the easl easi on ou my arrival here I 1 found a church building open for me to preach made and many came out to hear some having already heard our elders preach and thereby being led to investigate had minds open to conviction n the result bo far hns has been an organization of a branch of sev sov seventeen enteen members jhb who with their families in all numbering about fifty souls bouls purpose inathe coming beason the opposition 0 hasteen hns hag been bitter alft ailt usually is relying upon misrepresentation and lies to counteract the truth but the honest in heart oboy obey the ibe commandments and realize the blessings of ofis offs israels ra ells god 1 we have hav 6 a good food church building controlled contro ilea liea entirely eri bri by the saints nud and hold meetings on 04 the sabbath day next thursday is fast last day which wo we purpose observing the tho who have c come 0 we into the bonds ofalie of the covenant pid lit beall realize zo and testify to the truth of the thiis work orl ori r with an a n earne t ess tilot does my heart heiri good Our prospects jaro jare aare aaro good for many moto moio additions eind kind ud a good work trusting we have havethe the pray rs of the rl righteous oteous in our behalf vr V r very respectful respectfully ky J bisti toch n I 1 ag co gai p iino linb of ch the uni verge verse r 11 itt its ies belld and d mili phy BALEM maffe dee dec editor deseret news newa though I 1 I 1 rarely remal remain n ore one night nigh tin in boatin boston py my labors orten often require that J should pabs pass through it in going from oho ohe part af 6 noy coy field to another andi frequently im prove such opportunities leip to 0 spend 1 end an hour or two in sightseeing and observation by a young man of a reflecting turn of mind who like myself was born andl reared among the moun mountains talus in farthest far fart west america a great deal may be le amedi ayob ben ber alone in the tho city bf boston her business blocks and pu public and private edifices illustrate the tho highest stage of perfection to which the and builders art has attained her manufactory les ies produce the finest fabrics and most splendid wares her institutions ti us of learning are among the most celebrated in the world her mechanics rank among the most skillful b her er artists among the most fa motis her philosophers among the most moat profound in sho short r thin in her is seen the highest perfect perfection to which the civilization of the nineteenth century the most glor glorious lous lons and perfect the world ever baw saw w has attained her inhabit rn ants ii manifest an nil air alt of ness plainly evincing their pride 1 in her reputation yet when view i ci rl ed 11 by one possessed of a knowledge of lof the gospel of jesus christ dinits in its purity particularly by one thohas who has a testimony concerning the fate 1 which will shortly be visited upon the nations which reject the pel how vain do all her boasted accomplishments appears the TO profundity of her philosophers dis is and theonies theories es is mere foo too foolishness ashness when compared with the truth as it iain lain jesus christ the proverb of solomon concern ing the phe kev key to all nil true philosophy j the fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdon simple and plain as it is is not mot datig latta madouse use uso of by her metaphysicians meta physicians in their efforts to account for things aa as they aro are for life and its source and for the phenomena of nature and the universe t it is easy to prove their theories false for every philosopher and in in modern athens their name is legion harbis has his pet pot theory making learly nearly or quite a theory theony apiece for the he legion and as anaman any man can an comprehend that not more than one theory can beany by any possibility bill moy bd ie true the chances are e not more re ban than one in a legion that there is a true teacher in Bo boston stola stoiA who can gi give veatrue ventrue a true theory con concerning corning the topics that so much interest and religious people and that so vitally concern and appertain to the welfare of the human nacey racey race here bore and hereafter this conclusion is fan far from a flattering one to bostonians notwithstanding the sheen of their ae accomplishments e learning and cl civilization vil vii but it rests on a mathe mathematical and hence is a an ammu abie table able truth though man n 1 W with th his nii finite ante undeveloped L T faculties I 1 t s may not be able to comp comprehend behen eternity nor all the facts or truths that have a bear bearing ing u upon pon his bis exi ext existence and present state yet by putting his trust in god repenting of his bins and being duly and properly ens baptized for their remission he be cin can obtain the gift of ohp th holy ghost which will reveal to his mind the truth of the doctrine of christana Chri christ stand and maily many treasures of wisdom which he never would findy findt nind find bave save by the guidance of that spirit and which will amply suffice for him herband here and p prepare repa him for greater hereafter according to ilis bis faithfulness how now beautiful is the religion of christ wow how simple and 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